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WhatsApp accuses Russia of attempt to fully block app

A phone displaying the WhatsApp messaging application. 

WhatsApp said Wednesday that Russia "attempted to fully block" the messaging app in the country to push users to a competing state-controlled service, potentially affecting 100 million people.

Moscow has been trying to nudge Russians to use a more tightly controlled domestic online service.

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